What We Do

Law Office of Moona Shakil, PLLC, is an Arlington, VA based law firm specializing in Immigration law:

We specialize in the following areas:

-Marriage & Family Based Immigration

-Employment Based Immigration

-US Citizenship & Naturalization

-Green Card

Law Office of Moona Shakil is an Arlington, Virginia based law firm specializing in Immigration law. We assist small and large businesses to help sponsor employment work visas and green cards for skilled workers. We also specialize in assisting individuals in sponsoring visas and green cards for their spouses, children, parents, and other family members, to bring them to the U.S.

Our mission is to provide prompt, high quality legal services to benefit the lives of our clients. From simple family and marriage based immigration matters such as K-1 and k-3 Fiancé and Spouse Visas, to complex employment based immigration sponsorship for temporary employment on H-1B specialty occupation workers visa as well as sponsoring individuals for green cards.

You need confidence that your lawyer understands your situation and is working with you to achieve results. Call us to find out how we can help you.

Marriage & Family Based Immigration Lawyer with offices in Arlington, Virginia:
At the Law Office of Moona Shakil, we handle nearly all types of family based immigration and visa petitions including K-1 Fiancé Visa, K-3 Spouse Visa, as well as file immigration petitions such as the I-130 to petition for Alien Relative to sponsor children and parents of a US Citizen. We have o...

We handle a variety of employment visas such as H-1B Work Visa for specialty occupation workers, TN North American NAFTA Trade Visa for Canadians and Mexicans, L-1 Visa for Intra-company transferee, O-1 Visa for individuals with extraordinary ability, E-3 Visa for specialty occupation workers from Australia, EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 visas for individuals and professionals with extraordinary ability, and more. We ass...

Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Lawful Permanent residents (Green Card holders) whose Green Card has been valid during the 5 years prior can file for US citizenship. US Citizensh...

Immigration Lawyer with offices in Arlington, VA, assisting clients to obtain their Green Card:
A Green Card holder (permanent resident) is someone who has been granted authorization to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis. As proof of that status, a person is granted a permanent resident card, commonly called a "Green Card." You can become a permanent resident several different ways. Most ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 7, 2016, that it has received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than the limit of … READ MORE »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS … READ MORE »

The State Department says it is working around the clock on a computer problem that’s having widespread impact on travel into the U.S. The glitch has practically shut down the visa application process. Of the 50,000 visa applications received every … READ MORE »

I am very pleased that my and my wife’s green card applications were approved earlier than expected. I want to commend you for diligently preparing all the necessary documents, working closely with me and my employer to ensure that all … READ MORE »

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Apr 10thH-1B Visa Cap Update – Lottery Completed!

On April 7 USCIS announced that it had received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2015 and that it received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed … READ MORE »

Mar 03rdWanted: Foreign workers. H-1B visa requests leap

Applications for H-1B visas allowing foreign nationals to work in the U.S. are expected to keep rising in 2014, according to one analyst. At least 160,000 applications are expected for the 85,000 available visas when the filing season opens on … READ MORE »

Dec 05thThe majority of Americans support allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States.

This week President Obama made a strong pitch to revive the immigration bill, and recent polls show a majority of Americans support allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States. We commend President Obama in continuing to fight for … READ MORE »

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Law Office of Moona Shakil is located in Northern Virginia in Arlington, VA, and is minutes from Washington DC, Maryland, and surrounding counties in Virginia such as Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, and Loudon County. Our Immigration clients are based in nearly all US States, such as Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, West Virginia, Delaware, ...